Welcome to a new world record!

My official world record attempt ended on Jan. 26th, 2005 on Ferren Road in Santa Barbara. A small hill by our mountain standards, Ferren Rd. rises only 600 vertical feet from its starting point near highway 101. However,
the Discovery Cycle team trained extensively on this road in the winter of 2005, so it is befitting that the last day of a 281 day climbing record would end on this road.

Special thanks to Mr. Bruce Brown from WA state for inspiring the journey, and for Mr. Bill Lupo for assisting with the web site, climbing stats, and inspiration (and some perspiration).

2005 starts a new season of riding and competing, and perhaps a new world record attempt. We hope to use this web site to detail results of everything. Our current final stats are posted in our records pages.
Eric

A special acknowledgement to Mr. Brown, shown here, for his efforts to log in the vertical feet on his favorite mountain (Galbraith Mountain - WA state). I spoke with Bruce on the day I rode past his record, and he was very excited for me. He knows how much I worked for it - and I believe we will develop a strong relationship based on all of the things we have in common. For more information on Bruce - visit: http://www.galbraithmt.com/news/world_record_2000.htm


Set in Santa Barbara,CA - one of the country's finest cycling cities, I set out to break this world record on January 27th, 2004.

The following chronicles my month-by-month attempt to surpass this record, and provide some information regarding the climb, the course, and the progression until I reach my goal early in 2005.

Current World Record

404,000
vertical feet (2000)

33,666 feet climbed
per month

8,416 feet climbed
per week

1,202 feet climbed
per day (average)

250 days of climbing
2 bike frames used

© 2004-05 by Eric Durak and Medical Health and Fitness. All rights reserved. Photos by Scott Gibson (www.gibsonpix.com).
For information on our web site - contact Eric Durak at: PO Box 29 Santa Barbara, CA 93102 805-692-9929